European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14letters to the editor wednesday june 22, 1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a com Nandor publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski. Editor a a. News and editorial Deborah aether news editor Bill Welker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Maries City editor to write us unit �9480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37. 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245. 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heid Olborg chm 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian. 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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The appearance of advertising in his publication including inserts of supper noels dons not constitute endorse Mem by the department 0 detente or die stars and strp03 of the products or so vices did duty thank you for the article acknowledging the contributions of african americans during the invasion of Normandy. African americans have fought in every american War from the revolutionary to the recent persian Gulf War. Even though these Brave soldiers faced severe racism at Home they have always answered the Call to defend a society that viewed them As second class citizens. Hopefully the history books will one Day record in their pages the outstanding contributions and ultimate sacrifices these Brave men made. A Tony l. Levine England. A greed rules cafes Well now we know the cafes master plan for the stars and stripes bookstores they re going to get rid of the adult magazines raise prices to offset the Revenue lost from stroke Book Sale reduce inventory and cram the new cafes Book Mart into a Corner of the shop Pette along with the video outlet and the remains of the class i store. What other outfit but cafes would dump 10 to 13 percent of its business just so it can be politically Correct i get a Little irritated when i read about some cafes representative spouting off about a a cafes Here is the Basic cafes Standard suck Money out of the customers pockets As effortlessly As possible. All other cafes standards Are based on this principle. This is Why the Wurzburg Burger King manager refuses to open a second cashier even if there Are 25 customers standing in line. Cafes really does no to care if the customer spends a Quarter of his lunch hour waiting for service Only maximum profit with minimum Effort is important. A just Fork it Over is the cafes attitude. But cafes has saved a lot of Noney for me since i arrived Here. I done to shop there anymore. The terrible selection High prices and rude staff at the main Exchange cause me to do most of my shopping by Catalon or on the Economy. I get a better Price i done to stand in line and the service is Friendly. When i go to Burger King and the line has More than 10 customers and Only one cashier is open i leave. Sometimes i eat lunch on Trie Economy where they say a thank you when i pay for my meal. The Point behind All this is that while i shop at cafes As Little As possible in a still spending Money. Cafes just Isnit getting much of it anymore. Most customers work hard for their paychecks and Many want value when they spend Money. This includes service and convenience. If cafes executives spent More time minding the store instead of playing politics at Hen parties profits might improve. A . Walczak Wurzburg German answering russians an article june 4 concerning members of the russian government being upset at not being officially invited to the a Day 50-year anniversary hit a nerve. Seems they think the allies purposely delayed the second front so the nazis and soviets would kill each other off. To Back this up huge soviet losses Are cited. If i remember correctly the .s.r. Probably lost More people during its revolution and years of political purging than in Wii. Weren to the soviets buddy buddy with the nazis when it came to carving up Poland did no to they Only enter the War with Japan during its last few Days when it was for most purposes Over Isnit it also True that then soviet military doctrine had Little respect for the individual soldiers life have the russians forgotten that the allies had or were still fighting in the Mediterranean and Pacific Heaters no a Day at Normandy belongs to the ., British Canadian French and polish soldiers who were there. Bless them All. A Ken Nuber shape Belgium question on Clinton i have just finished listening to american forces networks live broadcast of or. Clinton a comments from Pointe do hoc Normandy France. In View of the fact that or. Clinton actively avoided military service i can Only wonder if he could truly appreciate the sacrifice and uncommon valor of the . Army rangers who assaulted those 100-foot-High Cliffs or the courage Devotion to duty and the will in Battle of the Citi zen soldiers of countries of the world who fought. A John m. Kampnar or. Baum Holder Germany Quot Quot a a gesture explained German Chancellor Helmut Kohl does not Quot raise his hands in Triumph As you indicated in a photo caption june 2. Instead in German society clasped and raised hands convey the Extension of a a collective handshake to a group of people too Large to Greet individually. A body language can be easily misinterpreted with unintended negative results. A Hans j. Peterson v Raf Lakin Heath England c editors note 1 we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published Dally on this Page. Alt letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters or clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29400, Apo a 09211. Or fax 06155-601-463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary 1 leave us alone already with the soccer frankly in a getting a bit weary of europeans acid South americans chastising us North americans because we done to know or care about so Eccl. With the world cup championship in the United states for the first time we Are being inundated with articles and to reports that Tell us How out of touch we Are. There Are even More articles attempting to explain the game to us. Our detractors done to seem to understand that we do have at least a rudimentary knowledge of what is the worlds most popular sport a and we simply do not like it. But Stop chastising us for not turning out in great numbers to watch the one sport that is More Boring than baseball. Some years Back a caller to a radio sports talk show asked what it was the commentator had against soccer. A a it a like watching two Guys fish a the commentator told him. A a and so it is to Many of us. A Tonel North Carly in your Campaign you Xep id say that 7hodncy thjn6 Yew Worb running for Jas Halfe amp and and Fath amp to. Some years ago i took my two sons to see the great Pele in an exhibition soccer match at Miami a Orange bowl. The boys fell asleep and Only my parental responsibility to be Alert at All times kept me from dropping off As Well. What is it about soccer that drives nations to distraction if there never was a sport called soccer would countries base their National Pride on something else a like handball or Gin Rummy More than who wins the world cup Many people will be looking at the attendance figures. Most Likely the games will be sellouts. But most of those spectators probably Howard Kleinberg will have come from foreign countries or Are foreign Borns now living Here. When Mexico played an exhibition game with the United states in los Angeles recently More than 90,000 turned out. And there were about 89,000 mexican flags flying in the stands. With our non existent immigration policy possibly we will have a soccer oriented nation a few Gen creations from now but not at present. Let the rest of the world accept that we find soccer to be a cute sport to teach our kids in elementary school. But beyond that America today is not a Mecca for the game a not when we already Are totally absorbed in College and football and basketball hockey and yes even baseball. Wake me when the telecast starts for the final game Between the two Best soccer teams in the world. I will watch that on and off simply because there will be nothing else on the sports tube except Stock car racing and dog shows. A c Cox nows service
